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Energy: Synthesis and Analysis
Energy Use in the Home
Convection
The average household spends over $1,300 a year for energy to run the many devices found in the
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home . In this week's lab, we are going to investigate ways to save both energy and money t

What is Science?
Scire = to know
Cell Theory of Biology
observations that plants, animals, bacteria, etc.
comprised of cells
therefore, all living organisms are comprised of
cells
What is Science?
Relies on several assumptions
1. The unknown is knowab

Know what environmental science is (e.g., multi-disciplinary science, etc.)
Environmental science- How the natural world works ,How the environment affects
humans and vice verse
Scientific method all of the steps, including peer review
Observations, Ques

A specialized frog
Epiphytes grow on trees for support
Obtaining water from the air
They collect pools of rainwater and pockets of leaf litter
Frogs lay their eggs in
these rainwater pools
Habitats vary
Habitats vary with the body size and needs of spe

Chapter 4
SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
This lecture will help you understand:
Species interactions
Feeding relationships, energy flow, trophic levels, and food webs
Keystone species
The process of succession
Potential impacts of invasive spe

The environment vs. economics
Friction occurs between ethical and economic impulses
Is there a trade-off between economics and the environment?
People say protection costs too much money, interferes with progress, or causes job
loses
But environmental p

Food chain = a series of feeding relationships
Food web = a visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow
Includes many different
organisms at all various
levels
Greatly simplified; leaves
out most species
Some organisms play big roles
Communi

The scientific process is part of a larger process
It guards against faulty research
Includes peer review,
publication,
competition for funding
Theories and paradigm shifts
Theory: a well-tested and widely accepted explanation
Paradigm shift a dramatic u

MEG Quiz 2
If you adjust the temperature on your thermostat in your home, you will save more energy and money
than you would if you cut back on how much you use the oven. True
The main mechanism that water moves from the biosphere to the atmosphere is by

MEG Quiz 3
The layer of the Earth that is a thin, brittle layer of rock that covers the Earths surface is the Crust
Energy from the Earths interior that is used to generate power or heat is known as _ energy.
Geothermal
Rock in the liquid, molten state is

MasteringEnvironmentalScience: An Introduction
MasteringEnvironmentalScienceTM (MES) is an online, interactive learning platform
designed to help students understand and retain the material presented in Environment:
The Science Behind the Stories. The pla

KSU SCI 1101
Exam #3 SAMPLE
QUESTIONS
FALL 2014
1) Life expectancy in parts of southern Africa _.
A) has fallen dramatically since 1990 B) is starting to fall
C) is on the rise
D) has stabilized due to population control
E) cannot be determined due to lac

KSU SCI 1101
FALL 2014
EXAM #2 SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1) Which of the following is true?
A) Species on Earth today are but a fraction of all species that ever lived.
B) The number of species existing at one time has decreased throughout history.
C) Until recent

CHAPTER 5
Environmental Systems and
Ecosystem Ecology
This lecture will help you understand:
Environmental systems
Ecosystems and their services
How living and nonliving entities interact
Landscape ecology, GIS, and ecological
modeling
The water, carbon,

CHAPTER 4
Species
Interactions
and
Community
Ecology
THIS LECTURE WILL HELP YOU
UNDERSTAND:
Species interactions
Feeding relationships, energy fl ow, trophic levels, and
food webs
Keystone species
The process of succession
Potential impacts of invasi

Chapter 3
Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology
This lecture will help you
understand:
Natural selection
How evolution influences biodiversity
Reasons for species extinction
Ecological organization
Population characteristics
Population ecology
C

Bioaccumulation, biomagnification and persistence of chemicals (look in book for
more info)
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Bioaccumulation - the accumulation of a substance (as a pesticide) in a living
organism
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Biomagnification- The increasing concentration of a substance, such as

Recent Documents

Matter
The process of building a protein by making long chains of amino acids can be called:
Polymerization
Which of the following macromolecules fuels almost all living cells? Carbohydrates
Proteins are polymers of: Amino acids
What type of bond joins th

Study Guide for Unit 2 Exam
Matter and energy:
Describe what matter is and its various states.
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?
Be able to identify the subatomic particles and their properties. What is the atomic number?
What is an isotope? What

Activity 4: Matter
The number of electrons identifies whether an atom carries a charge as an ion or is neutral.
The number of protons identifies the type of element.
Excited states refer to the energy of an electron. The higher the state, the higher the e

Activity 5: Energy
According to a 2007 report financed by the Energy Department, advanced geothermal power could
produce _ times the nationals annual energy use. 60,000
The shallow stream beds often tapped for geothermal energy are called what? Fumaroles

Activity 8: Earth: The Physical Basis for Environmental Science
The energy source for chemosynthesis in the deep sea vent community is: Hydrogen sulfide
Which of the following correctly represents the layers of the earth from the innermost to the
outermos